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Director of Partnerships
Skills
Business DevelopmentCollaborative LeadershipConsultative SellingCustomer Relationship ManagementK-12 EducationProposal WritingRFP Generation
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred
- Minimum 5 years of experience in business development sales or strategic partnerships
- Proven success securing and closing complex partnerships
- Experience with school districts or comparable systems strongly preferred
- Experience navigating public sector and philanthropic funding landscapes preferred
- Experience managing long sales cycles and multi-stakeholder decision-making processes
- Strong consultative selling and relationship-building skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills including proposal and presentation development
- Ability to translate partner needs into actionable solutions
- Ability to navigate complexity and ambiguity in large systems
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail and follow-through
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively across teams
- Commitment to equity cultural responsiveness and the communities served
Nice to have
- Strategic
- Analytical
- Collaborative
- Mission-driven
- Equity-minded
- Detail-oriented
Day to day
- Drive national partnership growth by identifying and securing strategic opportunities with school districts community organizations and other stakeholders
- Lead consultative sales cycles from discovery and needs assessment through proposal creation negotiation and contract execution
- Build trust-based relationships with senior leaders represent the organization externally and coordinate cross-functional teams to launch sustainable partnerships
- Manage CRM-based pipeline tracking revenue goals and reporting while using market insights to refine business development strategy